Sesleria. gramine^ 567 



— S. elongata Host Grani. II, 69, tab. 97, (forma serotina spica 

 tenuiori elongatd interdum basi interrupta Rchb. Germ. fig. 445). 



Hab. in siccis et rupeslribus, Byzantium in collibus ad r>osphoruiii et 

 syiva Bel"rade (Siblh. Thuret ! Janka!), Olympi Lithyni ref^io alpina 

 (Pichler!),LydiaadSabounjou Kaive inler Smyrnam et Maonesiam rBal.141!), 

 mons Anemas Lycaonia- GOOD' (HeMr !), Taurus Gilicicus 5-GOOO' (Bal! Ivy 9! 

 et lOG! sub 5 nitidd et S. elotigatd), Transcaucasia (Bayern!). 



/5 niitda Vis. Fl. Dalni. Suppl. I. — Spica abbreviata oblonga com- 

 pacta nilida stepe ca^rulescens, folia abruptius et brevius cuspidala, 

 arisla intermedia glumellani dimidiam cequans. — S. nitida Ten. Fl. 

 Nap. III. p. 57, tab. 108. 



Hab. id Taygeti rupostribus ad nives Hagios Paraschevi (Heldr! Pichlerl), 

 in cacumine Hagios Elias niontis Olenos (Heldr. GGOO !), Kyllene supra Livadi 

 550 J' (Orph !). 



Formse enumerattc intermediis nltera in alteram transeunt. In Icone Florae 

 Gra.'ca; glumella inferior lanceolata et apice integra delineatur quod erro- 

 neum. Interdnm tamen in tlosculo inferiori spicuUe hujus glumellte dentes 

 laterales fere obsoletos observavi. 



Ar. Geogr. Hispania borealis, Gallia australis, Italia, Istria, Dalmatia, 

 Serbia. 



2.S. phleoides (Stev. Fl. Taur. Cauc. III, p. 64) cespitosa slolo- 

 nifera, foliis duris anguste linearibus deinum convolutis arcuatis 

 breviter attenuato-mucronatis margine su{)erne scabris, vaginis sub 

 lente niinutc pruinoso-hirlis radicalibus in fibras non solutis, culmis 

 gracilibus longe nudis, panicuhi dcnsu ovatu pallida vel cicrulescente 

 bracteis latis brevibus dcntatis involucratu, glumis flosculos vix 

 cequantibus longe cuspidalis carina scahris. glumellu sub lente pube- 

 rulu apice 3-6-seta setis lateralibus glumelke dimidioe subiequilongis, 

 intermedia (arista) glumellfc sub.Tquiionga %. S. nitida ('.. A. Mey. 

 Ind. Cauc, p. 21. — S. Caacasica Scheele Flora 1844. I, p. 55.— 

 S. poli/at/iera C. Koch Linn. XXI, p. 399 (variatio glumellu} arisla 

 paululum abbreviata). 



Hab in pratis alpinis siccis, Taurus Cilicicus ad Karboghaz (Ky ! Bal I), 

 nions Aslandacli Gappadociaj (Bal. 84'i !), Armenia Turcica inmontcTeclidagh 

 7000' (Huet!) et in montibus Gumuschkhane (Bonrg!), Gaucasus in D.iglies- 

 tania 5500' (liupr! Becker !) montes dilionis Tajysch (G. A. M! Hoh! Buhse!) 

 mons Ssahend Persiiebor. (Buhse!). 



Semipedalis interdum sesquipcdalis, a S. arr/ented var. 7iitidd ii\nc\^ nhhre- 

 viatis compactis, glumellEe arista clongatfi, a *S. cwrulanii spica majore non 

 disticha, foliis crassioribus rigidis, glumelkc arista longiore distiiigiiend;i. 



3. S. caerulans(Friv. in Reg. Flora 1836. p. 428)percnnis ces- 

 pitosa. culmis tenuibus, fasciculorum vaginis iiifibras reticulalas non 

 solutis, foliis anguste linearibus fle.Kuosis breviter cu.spidalis ad vagi- 

 nas et interdum ad laminam sublentc adj)ressiuscule puberulis, pani- 

 cula spiciformi ovatu dcnsa subdistichu c;eru!esccnti l)asi j)ractea 

 ovalo-ohlongu suflultu, glumis flosculos {cquantibus curinu hirtis 

 longe cuspidalis, glumellu superne totu hirtellu apice breviler 2-3- 



